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Paolo Nutini

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 9, 1987

I like to record something pretty much as soon as I have an idea for a song, but I'm on so many buses, I have to record on my mobile.

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As I'm getting older, I work out what I want and what I need. And I just need to go home and see the people I love and write.

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I don't want to slip into Johnny Borrell mode. I don't want to be singing that there's nothing on TV, nothing on the radio.

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I know some bands that are precious about their new ideas. They're conscious of the fact that people can - even from mobile phones - begin to get clearer and better recordings of the songs... so they're a lot more hesitant to play them.

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That's the good thing about music: you can sing about people's lives in its stages and feelings. Some songs can put something in context that you couldn't. They can free your mind or can make you think or can be redeeming.

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Sometimes it's good to just sing and let the words come out. Whatever comes out is valid because it's what you were thinking.

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Just remember that if you've lost something, you will be open to something else.

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My inspiration for songs is just everyday life. I just write down words about things that have happened to me, people I've met.

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'Astral Weeks' is a brilliant album, and songs like 'Moondance' are just beautiful lyrically.

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I can't speak much Italian. I do go down well over there, but it's frustrating because I can't really speak it. Even if I do talk, they can't understand my accent, but I should try to learn it.

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The first record I was really into was the Drifters' 'When My Little Girl Is Smiling.'

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I just want people to leave a show and go, 'That was the most rockin' show I've ever seen.' I hope people can just roll with me a little bit - you know?

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Sometimes people don't know what is behind the words they use. But an innocent little remark at school can affect you later in life.

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I was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles.

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Racism is one of the worst forms of torture because it's directed at something you never asked for and something you can't change.

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I've never had anything as formal as vocal lessons.

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As a kid, I loved to sing along to the Drifters and Otis Redding.

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I don't mind being criticised, but hearing yourself described as the next James Blunt - that hurts.

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The people I admire are Tim Buckley and John Martyn - singers that grew into themselves and were honest. John Martyn is one of the great soul singers because soul is not a genre; it's a feeling.

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